IRISH-AUSTRALIAN ARTS AND EVENTS ROUNDUP

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In our February issue, we announce exciting news regarding our inaugural Short Film Competition, an initiative to encourage more Irish-Australians to create films and put their work out there! We also update you on St Paddy’s Day events in your city and the chance to see the hit new Scottish film I SWEAR in cinemas for free.

As we write this month’s edition, Festival Director Enda Murray is making his way to Ireland for the Irish Film Institute (IFI)’s ‘Australian Dreams’ season and the always inspiring Galway Film Fleadh. His voyage was an unexpectedly long trip that reminded him of the old saying “Breakfast in Sydney, dinner in Dublin, baggage in Honolulu”).

July 2023

This month the Irish and Australian sports community is buzzing with the countdown to the Women’s World Cup, this year being hosted in Australia and kicking off in Sydney on the 20th with the very first game against the Republic of Ireland.
We’ve got some Irish movie news, including the one everyone’s talking about right now having recently made its way Down Under; the fascinating documentary on Sinéad O’Connor. We’ve also highlighted a few quality Film Festivals worth checking out, whilst the 2023 Galway Film Fleadh program is currently being announced. 

June 2023

This month’s Arts Roundup features the super popular Irish Crime Drama Love/Hate, which Aussies are adoring (and being slightly disturbed by) since screening on SBS Australia.  

Check out all the well deserved winners of the recent Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) in Dublin, plus all the local upcoming festivals, movie news and more.

3 May 2023

May’s Irish Arts Roundup features a fabulous African Irish Musical All Stars Concert in Sydney, Irish comedians taking the stage in Sydney, the Irish Film and Television new talent nominees, a new Irish film podcast and last but not least – details of where to stream the Irish Oscar-winning film ‘An Irish Goodbye’.

3 April 2023

This month’s arts roundup features SBS’s celebration of Irish cinema, recent Irish casting news, Folk Festivals and other dates for your diary. We also feature a save the date for an African and Irish music concert on Saturday 6th May. 

9 March 2023

This month’s roundup features our fabulous Free Outdoor Irish Film Festival over Paddy’s Weekend at the Rocks and a national diary of St Patrick’s Day events near you in this vast lucky country of Australia. And we’ll catch up with our Irish nominees as they sweep the boards at the IFTA’s and BAFTAs and look forward to good Oscar news.

2 February 2023

This month’s Irish Arts Roundup features the launch of our St Patrick’s Day Outdoor Film Festival in Sydney, and updates on the awards season successes for the top Irish films.

9 December 2022

This month’s IFF culture roundup features Bono, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Áine Tyrrell, Kilkenny’s own Cartoon Saloon AND the winners of the Film Festival Audience Feedback prizes.

11 November 2022

Welcome to the Irish Film Festival’s first monthly round up of film and culture news from Ireland and the Irish-Australian community.

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